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Curiosity at Home

Experiences and Activities for the Curious

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Experiments, Live Science Shows, Tinkering and More

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Activities for all ages

Curiosity at Home

Ignite your curiosity at home with streaming live science shows, hands-on STEM activities, tutorials, interviews, and more. These educational activities and resources are for all ages of learners and are meant to inspire and excite all people about science.

Share Your Experiences

Share these Curiosity at Home activities with friends, family, and schoolmates. Then, try experiments together over virtual chats and share the things you’ve learned with the community. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, then share your experiences on social using #pacsci and #curiosityathome. We love seeing what you’ve done!

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Daily Livestreams

PacSci is live on Facebook and YouTube throughout the week! Join us and meet some of our animals, caretakers, educators, and scientists in the community, as well as try fun at-home experiments!

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PacSci Streaming Videos

Curiosity never closes, which is why we’re bringing your favorite PacSci experiences to you. Watch new butterflies emerge, check in on the mole rat colony, try your hand at an at-home Tinker Tank activity, or watch a Live Science Show.

Live Science Shows

See experiments, theatrics, and tricks in action during one of PacSci’s Live Science Shows. See shows on PacSci Now or live with a rotating selection at the science center. Each promises to inspire curiosity, enlighten, and entertain people of all ages.

PacSci Now: Experiences On-Demand

PacSci Now: Experiences on Demand brings you into daily life at PacSci with behind-the-scenes content. See the butterflies flutter, listen to interviews with staff, try STEM activities, meet STEM professionals, and learn about a wide variety of scientific topics. Get to know the fun and quirky side of PacSci, while learning about scientific topics.

Watch the Naked Mole Rats

Virtual Planetarium Show

Blast-off to the outer reaches of the universe, or explore the planets in our own solar system. Discuss current astronomy news and learn about recent discoveries. Each show is live and presenters can modify the program based on interest.

Coloring Page: PacSci’s Arches

Grow Your Own Pollinator Garden

Pollinators have a very important job in sustaining ecosystems: they fertilize plants as they travel ensuring that we and other animals and food and flowers. Support pollinators and Grow Your Own Pollinator Garden.

America’s Musical Journey

Coral Reef Adventure

Available on:Amazon Prime Explore the world’s most beautiful and endangered coral reefs across the South Pacific. Follow filmmakers on an expedition documenting coral reefs, their ecosystems, and the importance of the creatures that live there.

Dinosaurs Alive!

Available on:Vimeo (free through June 15, 2020), also available in Spanish and French Go with some of the world’s preeminent paleontologists as they research the earliest dinosaurs of the Triassic Period to the monsters of the Cretaceous. Uncover evidence that the descendants of dinosaurs still walk (or fly) among us.

Dolphins

Available on:Amazon Prime Wondering how dolphins communicate? Watch this Academy Award nominated documentary to get a playful, up-close look at the dolphins of Alaska, Patagonia and the Bahamas. Discover new perspectives on their remarkable intelligence.

Dream Big: Engineering Our World

Available on:Vimeo on Demand Transform how you think about engineering in this documentary narrated by Jeff Bridges. See the inspiring stories of innovations big and small and the engineers behind them while thinking about ways to create a more sustainable future for us all.

Hubble

Available on:Amazon Prime Journey through distant galaxies, and go with astronauts as they attempt the most important task in NASA’s history. This film, narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, gives an inspiring look into the Hubble Space Telescope’s legacy.

Humpback Whales

Available on:Vimeo on Demand This extraordinary journey, narrated by Ewan McGregor, takes you into the mysterious world of one of nature’s most awe-inspiring marine mammals. Get an up-close look at how humpback whales communicate, sing, feed, play and take care of their young.

Mummies

Available on:Vimeo (free through June 15, 2020), also available in Spanish and French Piece together the archaeological and genetic clues of Egyptian mummies. Follow researchers and explorers to one of the greatest finds in modern history: the late 19th century discovery of a cache of forty mummies, including twelve Kings of Egypt, among them the legendary Rameses the Great.

National Parks Adventure

Available on:Vimeo on Demand Looking for an adventure? Robert Redford takes us on an ultimate off-trail journey into the nation’s untamed wilderness in places like Yosemite, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon and many more. Soar over red rock canyons, hurtle up craggy mountain peaks, and venture into other-worldly realms.

St. Helens: Out of the Ash

Available on: PBS Documentaries (free) On May 18, 1980 Mt. St. Helens erupted and captured the attention of the world. Watch the story of the cataclysmic events of that day, and the miraculous resiliency of Nature as life returns out of the ash.

The Living Sea

Available on:Amazon Prime This mesmerizing Academy Award-nominated film brings together the sounds of Sting and the voice of Meryl Streep with the wonders of the ocean. Celebrate the beauty and diversity of the ocean and explore our relationship with this complex and fragile environment.

Van Gogh: Brush with Genius

Available on: Amazon Prime Retrace Van Gogh’s artistic journey from the time of his first canvases at age 27 to his death 9 years later—a period during which he painted more than 900 paintings. See his art take on new life in this experiential film.

Wild Ocean

Available on:Vimeo (free through June 15, 2020), also available in Spanish and French Explore the interplay between man and our endangered ocean ecosystem in this award-winning film. See one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles, an underwater feeding frenzy, as well as an epic struggle for survival where all ocean life collide with the most voracious sea predator, mankind.

Graham Cracker Plate Tectonics

Grow Your Own Crystals

Crystals occur many places in nature, and now at your home! Grown Your Own Crystals and observe their molecular structure.

Grow Your Own Pollinator Garden

Pollinators have a very important job in sustaining ecosystems: they fertilize plants as they travel ensuring that we and other animals and food and flowers. Support pollinators and Grow Your Own Pollinator Garden.

Hungry, Hungry Ocean

Take a dive into the ocean’s food web in Hungry, Hungry Ocean to create and connect marine organisms.

Earth Day Scavenger Hunt

Ecosystem Surveys

Be a scientist and observe a nearby ecosystem like a park or backyard and record your observations in Ecosystem Surveys.

Grow Your Own Crystals

Crystals occur many places in nature, and now at your home! Grown Your Own Crystals and observe their molecular structure.

Grow Your Own Pollinator Garden

Pollinators have a very important job in sustaining ecosystems: they fertilize plants as they travel ensuring that we and other animals and food and flowers. Support pollinators and Grow Your Own Pollinator Garden.

Hungry, Hungry Ocean

Take a dive into the ocean’s food web in Hungry, Hungry Ocean to create and connect marine organisms.

Graham Cracker Plate Tectonics

Grow Your Own Crystals

Crystals occur many places in nature, and now at your home! Grown Your Own Crystals and observe their molecular structure.

Grow Your Own Pollinator Garden

Pollinators have a very important job in sustaining ecosystems: they fertilize plants as they travel ensuring that we and other animals and food and flowers. Support pollinators and Grow Your Own Pollinator Garden.

Hungry, Hungry Ocean

Take a dive into the ocean’s food web in Hungry, Hungry Ocean to create and connect marine organisms.

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Ignite your curiosity day after day! Members enjoy unlimited free admission for a year, discounts on events and programs, invitations to exclusive events, as well as passes and discounts on IMAX and Laser shows, and ticketed VR experiences.

Pacific Science Center provides Curiosity At Home for educational and informational purposes only. All activities should be done in an appropriate environment with adult supervision while following the safety guidelines associated with all materials used. In no event will Pacific Science Center be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the information contained on the Pacific Science Center or Curiosity At Home website.